The results with similar lighting is a closer tale than I would have guessed.

San Francisco : AT&T Park (Apple Left, Google Right)

Results

It’s pretty obvious that our side-by-side, compared to those on Reddit, reveals that lighting plays a large part in the quality of both maps. The images from Candlestick AT&T Park were a lot closer to being similar, and it’s pretty obvious that Apple’s 3D map has more detail, as evidenced by the light stands on the stadium. But, I wouldn’t exactly run out and tell everyone that Apple’s maps are superior based on the findings either. The field in the Google Earth entry (right) is a lot crisper.

3D maps are great, but at this point it’s pretty obvious that both Apple and Google have a lot of work to do when it comes to providing quality imaging in the 3D maps environment.

Update: Wow, did we screw that one up. Apparently London, and NYC aren’t part of Apple’s 3D Flyover’s yet. We removed it from the post since it’s unfair to use them as examples and points of comparison. Deep apologies.